“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus Summer is good, butThe earth’s rest during winter is necessary and healing. Summer is good, but The dormant turtles wait in the mud and relax in their slowed heartbeats. Summer is good, butMonths of increased night give us… Read More
Quiet time
Word of life, there are so many words. A word of prayer, a word to pronounce, a word in your ear, minister. Words contained in scripture, words to prepare, words to bless. Written word, spoken word. I am all out of words. Word become flesh, may I sit awhile in silence with you? – –… Read More
Friday Prayer, January 7, 2022
Many of us wake up this particular morning-after with liturgical hangover from all that Advent, Solstice,Christmas, Kwanzaa, Watchnight, New Years and Epiphany. Let’s pray. God, we rise from a sleep under stars,that are just stars –amazing, incredible, glorious stars! There are so many of them now,and we are remindedthat the people of earth have followeddifferent… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Divine Peace- Can I quiet the noises in my mind to open room for your voice? Can I still the chaos of movement in my brain to allow for serenity and peace? The voices of this world have taken my attention captive, filling my mind with all sorts of distractions. Peace feels far away, and… Read More
Friday Prayer: Watching
Holy One, The space between heaven and earth Slips open tonight And we look up to watch for The Star of Bethlehem In wonder… In hope…. Waiting for the Promise Of Peace on earth, And good will on whom Your favor rests… Shine in us, Holy One, For your Creation’s sake. So may it be…… Read More
Monday Prayer, December 20, 2021
“Joyful and triumphant?” God, we lit the fourth Advent candle yesterday, we sang Christmas carols, we watched as the children acted out the story of the nativity, but, if I’m honest, although the tree is decorated now, Christmas cheer has not reached me yet. God, we cancelled Christmas services this week because we want to… Read More
Wednesday Prayer, December 15, 2021
God, we pray for all who wait,even longer than our Advent –Simeons and Annas,long waiting with no star,no singing, except their own song,of birth and death –like many people I visit in assisted living, and innkeepering essential workerswho meet danger at the doorevery single day,and are always expected to do more,and criticized when they cannot,… Read More
Friday Prayer: Change in Plans
Holy One, When I dream of the perfect Christmas holiday but my life isn’t a TV movie, let me accept reality with humor and grace. Remind me when I over-plan and under-prepare that my work isn’t about perfection. And when my memories of Christmases past are changed because of pandemic realities, point me back to… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
I know some people don’t like hiking in the winter. It’s cold, sometimes damp, and there’s no wildflowers or foliage to look at. But we winter hikers know that when the leaves drop and the petals fall and the branches are bare, you can see all new things. Previously hidden vistas and whole new perspectives… Read More
Monday Prayer
Before our Zoom screens, we sat and wept when we remembered the Before Times.There on our ring lights, we hung our scripts,And there our parishioners asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs unmasked; they said, “This isn’t real and you are causing suffering for no reason!” How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a pandemic of illness, of… Read More
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